McGruff The Crime Dog actor Sentenced To 16 Years For Pot/Grenade Launcher

[phill4paul]

Galveston, Texas (CBS HOUSTON) – Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John R. Morales, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his guilty plea three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home.

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Even though Morales said he was nonviolent, U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore said, ”Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.”

Read more: McGruff the Crime Dog Jailed for 16 Years for Drugs and Weapons | TIME.com http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-jailed-for-pot-grenade-launchers/#ixzz2sed2GrC9

[Red Green]

Wow, now if he had only beaten up a few people, maybe sexually molested a few women and killed a number of dogs he really would have been like a real-live policeman! Save for going to jail of course....

[CaseyJones]

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-sentenced-to-16-years-for-pot-grenade-launcher/


Former McGruff the Crime Dog actor, John R. Morales, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison following his guilty plea three years after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons – including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his home.

The man who played the famous “Take a bit out of crime” dog was arrested in 2011 after Galveston police and drug-sniffing dogs pulled over the McGruff actor for speeding, the Houston Chronicle reports. Authorities found diagrams of two indoor pot-growing operations sitting on the front seat, and multiple pot seeds stored in the trunk of his Infinity.

Police raided Morales’ home and found the multitude of marijuana plants, ammunition and weapons, which included a grenade launcher, according to court documents obtained by News Fix Now.

On Monday, the now 41-year-old former actor pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Morales insisted that he was nonviolent, but U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore stated that, “Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.”

McGruff the Crime Dog is a cartoon bloodhound that was created by global advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi and the Ad Council in the early 1980s for the National Crime Prevention Council used by U.S. police in spreading crime awareness. The dog is often played by actors wearing the character’s rain-coat costume as McGruff visits schools, does commercials and engages children through educational videos.

http://theprowersjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/McGruff.jpg

[AuH20]

Life is stranger than fiction.

[Occam's Banana]

Well ... so much for "drug-free" and "gun-free" ...

http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/23507000/ngbbs4ecf247107080.gif

Meet McPuff the Crime Dog ...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zLkJR4EJYWA/UrJcLavgnhI/AAAAAAAADUE/pKxBo4qD7fI/s640/blogger-image--987153542.jpg

[Wooden Indian]

So... plants and few firearms=16 years in pound me in the arse Federal Prison. I obviously missed that part where he harmed someone and/or their property.

A few states away, and the plants would have been perfectly legal. 'Merica- Home of the free, yo.

[phill4paul]

U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore said, ”Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.”


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyYlIzGoABE

[pcosmar]

Life is stranger than fiction.

OVER A SPEEDING TICKET.

A few points to ponder. (given the obvious media hype)

Grenade launchers are legal. 27 guns (and an ammo supply for such) are legal.. It is called a gun collection.

and a single roach,, or residue in a baggie makes all the difference.. they all become illegal weapons. because of the pot.

Does this make any damn sense to even the bootlickers here?

[Acala]

He scared the judge=PRISON!!!!!

[tod evans]

Don't forget the true villain in this case...

Somewhere lurking in the wings is the piece of shit prosecutor who filed 10X more charges than this poor guy plead to......Sucking the tax-tit and bragging to his cronies what a fine job he's done...

:mad:

[devil21]

Oh the irony.

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-sentenced-to-16-years-for-pot-grenade-launcher/



The man who played the famous “Take a bit out of crime” dog was arrested in 2011 after Galveston police and drug-sniffing dogs pulled over the McGruff actor for speeding, the Houston Chronicle reports. more at link

[RM918]

Morales insisted that he was nonviolent, but U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore stated that, “Everything I read about you makes you seem like a scary person.”

Being 'scary', of course, is punishable by death in the states.

[DamianTV]

If McGruff were an actual dog instead of a voice, they'd be shot dead by now. Lassie would have been blown to smithereens in todays world as well.

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Edit:

Not mentioned was this:


Authorities searched the guy’s place and discovered more than 1,000 pot plants and an entire arsenal of weaponry, including a grenade launcher.

Personally, I could give a shit less if it was a million pot plants and a flame thrower. Its why pot needs to be made Legal.

[TomtheTinker]

Did somebody get hurt?

[Spikender]

Did somebody get hurt?

The officers feelings were hurt. They felt scared of someone with so much liberty.

[Spikender]

Another terrorist, his weapons of mass destruction, and his evil plants that are known to walk on their own and strangle small children in their sleep has been seized.

God bless America.

*Salutes while a single tear rolls down my cheek*

[pcosmar]

For a speeding ticket.

They searched his car,, Traffic cop had a Drug sniffing dog.

They found Literature about pot growing,, and they searched his home.

over a speeding ticket.

[DamianTV]

For a speeding ticket.

They searched his car,, Traffic cop had a Drug sniffing dog.

They found Literature about pot growing,, and they searched his home.

over a speeding ticket.

Dont talk to Cops.

[angelatc]

He didn't hurt anybody = 16 years in prison.

Get together with a group of your fellow armed thug-pals and beat homeless guy to death? Freedom.

[kcchiefs6465]

Dont talk to Cops.
It doesn't matter if you talk to them when they walk a dog around your car and proclaim, "Look! See what that dog did there? Tough luck for you, he alerted to the presence of drugs in your vehicle."

Then they proceed to allow said muddy mutt to trample on your car seats as they rip open/damage everything in their sight.

And the SCOTUS, being such fine people that they are, have said this is legitimate.

They must not have known about the 90% false reads the dogs are giving and the fact that police are wantonly lying in hopes they can steal someone's property.

ETA: Speaking of which, I wonder who got his grenade launcher. Of course, I wonder if it was actually a grenade launcher and not a flare gun but if it was, it went to the PD. As did his property.

And if asked of the robbery? The police will proudly proclaim that they were the perpetrators. And not a single officer edgewise will offer condemnation of their tactics.

[dillo]

Wait if you have legal weapons but have drugs its a crime? Beyond the drug crime?

[kcchiefs6465]

Wait if you have legal weapons but have drugs its a crime? Beyond the drug crime?
Yes it is.

A felony.

If they wish to prosecute you they can. And the numbers one faces will be absurd.

[Occam's Banana]

They must not have known about the 90% false reads the dogs are giving and the fact that police are wantonly lying in hopes they can steal someone's property.

I'll betcha that either (1) they DO know, or (2) they don't know, but wouldn't do a damn thing differently if they did.

They'd excuse the 90% false positives by saying that the 10% that panned out somehow made it "worth it" in the end.

They'd evade the issue of lying cops with nostrums about how we just need better "oversight"
(and how we shouldn't "throw out the baby with the bathwater").

[tod evans]

Wait if you have legal weapons but have drugs its a crime? Beyond the drug crime?


Yes it is.

A felony.

If they wish to prosecute you they can. And the numbers one faces will be absurd.

Research federal statute 924c.....

If you've got a roach in the ashtray and great-grandfathers inoperable blunderbuss hanging on the mantle then a frisky prosecutor may charge you, and obtain a conviction, for a mandatory minimum of 5 years first offence...

[phill4paul]

Wait if you have legal weapons but have drugs its a crime? Beyond the drug crime?

Under the Brady Act, you cannot have a gun for personal or business if you:

3. Are addicted to, or illegally use, any controlled substance;

- See more at: http://injury.findlaw.com/product-liability/gun-laws.html#sthash.2S5W5jJa.dpuf

[VoluntaryAmerican]

OVER A SPEEDING TICKET.

A few points to ponder. (given the obvious media hype)

Grenade launchers are legal. 27 guns (and an ammo supply for such) are legal.. It is called a gun collection.

and a single roach,, or residue in a baggie makes all the difference.. they all become illegal weapons. because of the pot.

Does this make any damn sense to even the bootlickers here?

It really doesn't matter whether having a grenade launcher is legal or not, it's something the police seized. If I was a journalist reporting the story I would have included it too.

[pcosmar]

It really doesn't matter whether having a grenade launcher is legal or not, it's something the police seized. If I was a journalist reporting the story I would have included it too.

Yeah,, it sounds a lot more scary.(Propaganda Value)

http://www.brownells.com/items/37mm-grenade-launcher.aspx
http://www.armslist.com/posts/2002008/fort-smith-arkansas-nfa-firearms-for-sale--knights-armament-m203-grenade-launcher-9in---98475

That is assuming it was not an Airsoft replica.
Which is irrelevant if a Prosecutor wants to push the issue.

[kcchiefs6465]

Yeah,, it sounds a lot more scary.(Propaganda Value)

http://www.brownells.com/items/37mm-grenade-launcher.aspx
http://www.armslist.com/posts/2002008/fort-smith-arkansas-nfa-firearms-for-sale--knights-armament-m203-grenade-launcher-9in---98475

That is assuming it was not an Airsoft replica.
Which is irrelevant if a Prosecutor wants to push the issue.
I remember a while back there was a story of a drug dealer having a "grenade launcher." Turns out it was a flare gun. Some fine reporting on that day.